Examples of 'were police' in a sentence

Meaning of "were police"

were police ~ incorrect grammar usage of the phrase 'were police.' The correct phrase would be 'were the police,' which refers to a past event involving law enforcement officers. It indicates that the police were present or involved in a specific situation or incident being described or discussed

How to use "were police" in a sentence

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were police
There were police stations in all the camps.
First on the scene were police officers.
There were police all over the area.
Two of the three victims were police officers.
There were police all over the place.
You would never know they were police.
There were police everywhere at the construction site.
Together with the fascists were police men.
They knew we were police and they shot to us.
Cases of violence against women were police matters.
In fact there were police patrols every day.
Even though you said you were police.
My mom and dad were police officers too.
The lawyers believe these men were police.
And neither were police at the time.

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It did not register that they were police.
And there were police across the street watching it.
The assailants claimed they were police officers.
There were police all around here.
Three generations of his family were police officers.
There were police cars at every intersection.
Two of the murdered were police officers.
There were police officials who were following us.
Turns out they were police cars.
There were police and firefighter radios.
All three victims were police officers.
There were police all over to protect the area.
The accused persons were police officers.
There were police and everything.
I was told that they were police officers.
There were police officers everywhere.
I did not know they were police officers.
There were police officers here.
And she said they were police.
The mayors were police commissioners.
They told us that they were police.
Most of the dead were police cadets and recruits.
He fired on us and continued to fire on us knowing we were police officers.
Most victims were police recruits.
The acting government says the snipers were police.
He knew they were police officers.
Che attackers claimed that they were police.
Two of them were police inspectors.
The one thing lacking were police.
If my mentor were police commissioner.
The people who killed those detectives were police officers.
There were police in the house.
I had no way of knowing they were police officers.
There were police who sat in front of our building.
Did not realize you were police officers.

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